Festival guide

Experience

What happens on the day, where it happens, and how to get there.

Members of an Etche delegation in white holding their banner on the festival ground.

Women processing along the red carpet laid across the field.

Children sitting on the turf watching dancers in red.

Chiefs in white shirts over tied wrappers with coral bead necklaces walking past the tents.

A chief in white robes crossing the ground toward the carpet.

A woman in a white ruffled blouse and a red, green and white diamond-print wrapper.

On the day

The King and his council of chiefs open the festival by walking the grounds and visiting each community under its tent. After that the field belongs to the music, cultural dance and displays, and masquerade performances in the ancient Uvwie tradition.

Where

Urhobo College Field, Effurun, Delta State, Nigeria. Every community of the kingdom sets up its tent on the field.

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Getting here

Warri Airport at Osubi (QRW) is the nearest airport and serves Effurun and Warri. Visitors from abroad usually connect through Lagos or Abuja. Effurun sits beside Warri, so any local driver will know Urhobo College.

Amenities

Details on seating, food and facilities will be published closer to the day.